Other 48 bookstores in book row shutteredded. The store was then passed on to my late father, fred bass, who grew the store to a scale and popularity he never thought was possible. Now im the owner, and some critics said as a woman its hard, going to be hard to run the store, and id get wiped out by, in this digital age. Right, ha. [laughter] so i want to thank you and the book Loving Community in this audience for helping us not only survive are, but thrive through the agings. [applause] so its impossible to realize tonights book, watergate girl, without drawing parallels to todays headlines. At the crossroads of the watergate scandal and womans d the Womans Movement stood a lawyer barely 30 years old and the only woman on the team that prosecuted the highest ranking white house official. Amidst a failing marriage, having her house robbed and her privacy invaded, he fought to receive the. Respect afforded her male counterpartses. Tonights author, Jill Winebanks, is an msnbc analyst wh
Good evening, everyone. Im just so so glad here tonight. Im going to say a few words about the strand before i welcome tonights guest. For a moment of history, the strand was founded 93 years ago by my grandfather, benjamin bass [applause] he founded the store in an area that was known as book row along Fourth Avenue just around the corner from here. It was the storm of the depression, and he defied the odds by surviving while all the other 48 bookstores in book row shutteredded. The store was then passed on to my late father, fred bass, who grew the store to a scale and popularity he never thought was possible. Now im the owner, and some critics said as a woman its hard, going to be hard to run the store, and id get wiped out by, in this digital age. Right, ha. [laughter] so i want to thank you and the book Loving Community in this audience for helping us not only survive are, but thrive through the agings. [applause] so its impossible to realize tonights book, watergate girl, without